Pipe coating composition



Q easy pounds of known:.tyr, e.--tho e ha d-lam. resist soil stresfatghigher tei'nperatnr pipes'transporting warnie'dioil; arelltoo resist soil stresses, etc.,-" at ;..the.lo temperature of corrosive.agent's.

Patented Au .4, 1942' a P PE ooA'rnv COMPOSITION EdgarAdKoenig, Dallas, Tex., assignor to Socony- Vacuum Oil Company, Incorporated, New York, N. Y., a; corporation or New York No Drawing.

Application June 27, 1941, Serial No. 400,095

. feolaims (01406 270) This invention is directed specifically-Ito a j composition for application to the external sur face of pipelines buried underground to protect" said pipes against soil corrosion. Such compositions must be waterproofing in nature, chemically.

'withwax of a proper type, that the resulting ,compound .has a desirably wide range over which phys'ical properties are relatively not greatly; changed to make it a much better cominert to soil acids and soil alkalies, capable of proofing against oxide forms of eorro'sionand salt I water attack, and must be dielectric. Mostimportant, they must he possessed of proper physicalproperties over a wide range of temperatures, to permit of equally good resistance to soil stresse'sla-i. e., to relative movement between the temperatures of winter exposure the pipe and the much higher tempratu e "xperienced in summer and when hot can oil heated to reduce its viscosity for v is handled.

I The :o 7' a: this invention is to eringor waterproofing compound having from' inert fillers such as mica, clays, and similar compositions is their relative shortness.' drink of ductile properties over asuitaibly wide range.- "With most, a composition suitable for relativelylow soil temperatures is entirelytoo so'ft for use at summer temperatures orlwith-jwarmed oil,

where it fails by being insufiiciently hard'to. re.- x v meltingpointof' about 127? F. to about150 F. ,-.-This"producthas been foundto. be sufliciently sist soil stresses, is mechanically broken, and permits entry of corrosive action,even though-4t may be an excellent protective-agent whe'ri'" ent in an unbroken film.- Similarly,"wit

end 'orthe cycle and. are broken,

Sinceis impossible'ftojmaintain any pipe. at a relatively level temperature range, the mere mechanical failures due to the indicated lack of properly wide ranges of physical properties is an inherent defectof practicallyall prior-art asphalt base compounds, and particularly of those, compounded from asphalts of the usualtype.

This invention is based upon the discovery that when a material of the classknown vent tars is blown to form a relatively high melt-.-

provide a pound thanthose heretofore known.

"Solvent: refining is a process wherein a distillate orlongfresidue of "a paraillnic or mixed baseor even asphalticcrude oil is treated with I a pipe, arising from various causes,

' liquid sulphur dioxide, and othersix'lhese may A vely -constant physical capability over ax-fairly broad temperature range. r g q "Thesusual compositions provided for such uses '{have anasphalt base and are compounded with 1 'Valriousgflllingand modifying materials, ranging .toofbrittlar .Theproportions to be used are within the following'range. I g I Per cent Asphalt to65 wax 50 to 35 "s'olvents or;- the class first-named.

a liquidsolvent exerting a preferential solvent for so-called non-paraffinic" constituents :to separate the'original oil into. a desirable lubricating oil'stockfof para 10 nature and a solvent tar. Many reagent may be so used,

such as for example chlorex (diohlorodiethyl ether), nitrobenzene, furfuralfiphenol, cresol,

be used alone or in company with some substance, such as liquified propane, which'exerts a preferential solvent action upon the desirable fparafiinic lubricating oil material. The material separated and rejected by these processes is commonly known as a solvent extract or solvent Ztar. It must be distinguished here from the relatively' pure bitumen.precipitated by propane treatmentof certain petroleum fractions, usu- 1 ally of residual natur, in the absence of selective My protective coating; "material is made by blowing or oxidizing such solvent-"tars to produce "an. asphalt having a'='melting point of about 1'15 F. to 240 F, and then blending that, in

equal or nearlyfequal proportions with a wax having a'melting point of about F. to F. to produce a material having a ring and ball hard at the highertemperature ranges of use to not flo'w'o'r 'scar' or be removed by soil stresses and similar agencies, and still retains sufficient flexibility-t I ..withstandfsimilar agencies at low -.temperatur ranges where similar products are at {low temperatures, and there should be a suffi cient'arnount present to achieve this. Too much waxserves to weaken the bond between the comfioundand the pipe to which it is applied. The

proportions above set forth appear to express the limits within which the compound is possessed ing point asphalt and that asphalt is blendedjfifif suitable properties.

air blown 'to a melting point, (ring and ball) of about 175 F. to 240 F., a typical product hav- 7 ing the following properties.

Air blown solvent -tar asphalt Needle penetration at 77 F 6 Ball and ring melting point F 232 Flash (C. O. C.) F 600 Solubility in G014 per cent 99.8 Oliensis test:

1 hour Pass 24 hours Pass With this there maybe combined, for example, a clay wash wax. (Produced by solvent washing a clay filter which has been used in parafline filtration to remove residual wax. An impure paraflinic material).

Clay wash waa:

Gravity degrees A. P. I 42.8 Melting point (EMP) F 129.5 Tensile strength Oil content per cent 1.5

These two materials may be blended in the 'proportions of 35% wax and 65% asphalt to give a material having the following desirable properties.

I Coating compound Melting point ring and ball F 142 Flash (C. O. C.) F 415 Ductility at 77 F l Specific gravity 77 F 0.975 Oliensis test Passes Needle penetration:

77 F 15 100 F 34 32 F 6 ing point not originating from solvent tar, and

it has ben found that the products were not' satisfactory. Not only were they deficient in desired physical properties, but also the combinations 2,291,905 The solvent tar blown asphalt should be onev were possessed of a granular nature apparently due to some material present in the unsuitable asphalt which was not soluble in the final composition.

I claim: 1

1. A pipe coating protective composition consisting of a mixture of about equal proportions 01 an air blown asphalt derived from solvent tar,

point of from about F. to 150 F., the mixture having a melting point (R 8: B) of from about 127 F. to about 150F.

2. A pipe coating protective composition consisting of a mixture of from 50-65 percent of an air blown asphalt derived from solvent tar, and from 5035 per cent of a petroleum wax, the asphalt having a melting point (R & B) of from about 175 F. to 240 F., the wax having a melting point of from about 125 F. to 150 F., the mixture having a melting point (R 8: B) of from about 127 F. to 150 F.

3. A pipe coating protective composition consisting of a mixture of from 35 to 50 percent of clay wash wax of about 130 F. melting point and 65 to 50 percent of an air blown asphalt derived from solvent tar, said asphalt having a melting point (R & B) of from about 175 F. to 240 F., said mixture having a melting point (R 8: B) of from about 127 F. to F.

4. A pipe coating protective composition consisting of about 35 percent of clay wash wax" of about 130 F. melting point and about 65 percent of an air blown asphalt of about 240 F. melting point (R & B) derived from blowing a solvent tar.

5. A pipe coating protective composition consisting of a mixture of from 50-65 percent of an air blown asphalt derived from solvent tar, and from 50-35 percent of a petroleum wax, the asphalt having a melting point (R 8: B) of from about F. to 240 F., the wax having a melting point of from about 125 F. to 150 F. and consisting of a mixture of parafline and microcrystalline wax, the mixture having ameltin point (R 8: B) of from about 127 F. to 150 F.

6. A pipe coating protective composition consisting of' a mixture of about equal proportions of an air blown asphalt derived from solvent tar, having a melting point of. from about 175 F. to 240 and a microcrystalline wax having a meltingpoint of from about 125 F.to 150 F., the mixture having a melting point (R 8: B) of from about 127 F. to about 150 F.

' 'EDGAR A. KOENIG. 

